Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub
Turning knowledge into action
Join us in transitioning the Pride display to a more permanent home! Come to the K Building patio on UFV’s Abbotsford campus for good music, food, and drinks. Please reserve your spot with an Eventbrite ticket. Door admission is $10 ($5 for students), and includes food and your first drink ticket. This public event is … Read more
Congratulations to CHASI’s director Dr. Martha Dow on 30 YEARS at UFV! The team surprised her on May 11, 2023 in a uniquely CHASI way to thank her for being such an incredibly positive force in all of our lives.
On May 18, CHASI feels it is important to celebrate our pride and be in allyship together in a safe, celebratory space. Join us for a free evening of button-making, pizza, good music, and great company! This event is open to all, and will run from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the CHASI Hub, located … Read more
On March 22, the Community Health and Social Innovation Hub (CHASI) celebrated the artists who created work for The Laramie Project Digital Art Competition and the cast and crew of UFV Theatre’s production of The Laramie Project at a gathering in the Hub. We were joined by many other members of the UFV and local community to … Read more
Chloe Raible is one of CHASI’s longest-serving student research assistants. To learn more about Chloe and the rest of the CHASI team, visit our “Meet the Team” page. As I reflect on the last few years, my post-secondary experience has been astronomically enhanced because of my involvement in the community formed at the Community Health … Read more
On March 10, CHASI welcomed local visual artist and UFV alumni Faria Firoz to the Hub, where she joined our team for a dinner and conversations around her journey of art activism and community-minded creativity. We thank Faria for showing us how research, activism, and art can come together to create change, and appreciate her … Read more
UFV’s Community Health and Social Innovation (CHASI) Hub is excited to announce its Community Action Cohort (CAC) initiative which will support 24 student research assistant and intern positions through 2023 and 2024. These students will be involved in rich experiential learning opportunities working alongside research and knowledge mobilization professionals and supported by a faculty and … Read more
Digital Art Call for Entries DEADLINE EXTENDED: We’ve had a tremendously positive response to the Laramie Project art competition so far, but we’ve also heard from many students that they want to enter but the deadline was too short during a busy time in the semester. To ensure everybody has a chance to enter, we … Read more
A documentary created in collaboration between CHASI researchers and Chilliwack Youth will be screened as an official selection of the Chilliwack Independent Film Festival on Saturday, November 19. It will be screened in a block with five other short documentaries from around the world. The Channeling Youth Voices project covers such topics as mental and/or … Read more
Yesterday CHASI’s senior research assistant, Esther Jiménez Atochero, completed her final day in the CHASI Hub. Esther has been an integral part of CHASI since its earliest inception, and CHASI would not be what it is today without her dedication and hard work. Esther is departing to Ottawa to begin a master’s program at Carlton … Read more